Gadgets

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has revealed its financials for the quarter ending December 28, 2013 (called fiscal Q1 2014). They show that the Cupertino company brought in $57.6 billion in revenue and $13.1 bil...

Following in the footsteps of Samsung and LG, Indian IT brand Intex today launched an Android-powered smartphone called the Aqua Curve. Part of the company’s Aqua smartphone range, Intex claims to be ...

Apple’s highly anticipated iPhone 5S and 5C are now available in Indonesia, but regular readers would understand by now that it is cheaper to buy iPhones in neighboring countries Singapore and Malaysi...

South Korean gadget-maker LG (066570:KS) has released its Q4 2013 earnings report today, which shows some strong numbers. LG fought back against Samsung (005930:KS) by selling a record 13.2 million sm...

Just as it promised a few months ago, Indian phone-maker Micromax today started operations in Russia. The official launch in the country brings with it two of Micromax’s Android-based phone models – t...

QFPay, maker of a Square-like gadget for taking e-payments via a smartphone, has secured series B funding worth $16.5 million, 36Kr reports today. It hasn’t been revealed who the investment is from, b...

Since last year we’ve been seeing how the purpose of drones has moved outside the confinements of the military. Some startups in Asia have created drones to take aerial photos and deliver food and oth...

Research firm IDC has done some number crunching on PC shipments in 2013, and the resultant numbers are grim. PC shipments in Asia-Pacific (IDC doesn’t include Japan in that) saw a double-digit declin...

In what could be described as a trendsetting move, Indian mobile device maker Micromax has launched its new Canvas Mad A94 model, which comes equipped with what it calls a MAd application. MAd, or Mic...

Baidu (NASDA: BIDU), the Chinese internet giant best known for its search engine, has recently unveiled its latest hardware product – a wireless music-streaming box that retails for a smooth RMB 99 (a...

Nintendo (TYO:7974) has finally faced up to the facts and admitted that its flagship Wii U console is a huge and embarrassing flop. Satoru Iwata, the president of the struggling game company, changed ...

There are about 270 million active Android users in China right now, and Google’s mobile OS has helped spur a huge boom in mobile commerce and social networking in the country. However, Chinese author...

Today is the day that Apple-hungry China Mobile (NYSE:CHL; HKG:0941) subscribers have been waiting for – the official launch of the iPhone on the world’s largest mobile operator. To celebrate the iPho...

Chinese phone-maker Meizu made it clear at CES 2014 a few days back that it intends to launch in America later this year. That’s a lot easier said than done, especially in such a tough and developed m...

The age of computer mice and their pads might soon come to an end. With gesture-control enabled by devices like the Leap Motion and Xbox Kinect fast emerging, and touchscreens taking over just about e...

Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) long awaited deal with China Mobile finally became a reality just before Christmas, and so the world’s biggest telco is busy taking pre-orders for the iPhone 5s and 5c ahead of t...